I'm building a Wordpress Theme and on the front page the user is able to select how they would like to order their posts. I've then created two functions that take the users selection through the variable $user_choice and develop a query based off of that choice.
However, I'm having trouble with scope and getting the following notices/errors:
Notice: Undefined variable: user_choice in /Users/Chappell/Websites/LFB/wp-content/themes/lfb/front-page-loop.php on line 3
Notice: Undefined variable: user_choice in /Users/Chappell/Websites/LFB/wp-content/themes/lfb/front-page-loop.php on line 5
Notice: Undefined variable: header_query in /Users/Chappell/Websites/LFB/wp-content/themes/lfb/front-page-loop.php on line 7
Fatal error: Call to a member function have_posts() on a non-object in /Users/Chappell/Websites/LFB/wp-content/themes/lfb/front-page-loop.php on line 7
front-page.php
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-8">
<?php
$user_choice = 'most-recent';
echo $user_choice;
if (isset($_GET['formSubmit'])) {
$user_choice = $_GET['options'];
}
switch ($user_choice) {
case $user_choice === 'most-commented';
$title_text = 'most commented';
break;
case $user_choice === 'most-recent';
$title_text = 'most recent';
break;
case $user_choice === 'most-viewed';
$title_text = 'most viewed';
break;
case $user_choice === 'featured';
$title_text = 'featured';
break;
default:
echo 'No posts were found matching this query.';
}
?>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-sm-8">
<h1 class="page-header home-header">Now displaying <?php echo $title_text . " Liverpool articles"; ?></h1>
</div><!--col-sm-8-->
<div class="col-sm-4">
<form role="form" class="form-inline pull-right orderer">
<div class="form-group">
<label class="sr-only" for="options">Order By:</label>
<select class="form-control order-select" name="options">
<option value="most-recent" <?php if ($user_choice === 'most-recent') { echo 'selected'; }?>>Most Recent</option>
<option value="most-commented" <?php if ($user_choice === 'most-commented') { echo 'selected'; }?>>Most Commented</option>
<option value="most-viewed" <?php if ($user_choice === 'most-viewed') { echo 'selected'; }?>>Most Viewed</option>
<option value="featured" <?php if ($user_choice === 'featured') { echo 'selected'; }?>>Featured</option>
</select>
</div><!--form-group-->
<div class="form-group">
<input type="submit" class="btn btn-default" id="orderer" value="Submit" name="formSubmit">
</div><!--form-group-->
</form>
</div><!--col-sm-4-->
</div><!--row-->
<?php get_template_part('front-page-loop'); ?>
</div><!--col-md-8-->
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
</div><!--row-->
</div><!--container -->
<?php get_footer(); ?>
Front-page-loop.php
<?php
/* Takes the user choice from the home page select button and produces
* a WP_Query relevant to that choice. Displays 1 posts per query.
* @param string $user_choice
*/
function main_post_arg_finder($user_choice) {
switch ($user_choice) {
case $user_choice === 'most-commented';
$args = array(
'orderby' => 'comment_count',
'posts_per_page' => 1
);
break;
case $user_choice === 'most-recent';
$args = array(
'orderby' => 'date',
'posts_per_page' => 1,
'cat' => 239
);
break;
case $user_choice === 'most-viewed';
$args = array(
'meta_key' => 'lfb_post_views_count',
'orderby' => 'meta_value_num',
'posts_per_page' => 1
);
break;
case $user_choice === 'featured';
$args = array(
'orderby' => 'date',
'posts_per_page' => 1,
'category_name' => 'featured'
);
break;
default:
echo 'No posts were found matching this query.';
}
$header_query = new WP_Query($args);
return $header_query;
}
/* Takes the user choice from the home page select button and produces
* a WP_Query relevant to that choice. Displays an unlimited amount of posts per
* query.
* @param string $user_choice
*/
function posts_arg_finder($user_choice) {
switch ($user_choice) {
case $user_choice === 'most-commented';
$args = array(
'orderby' => 'comment_count',
);
break;
case $user_choice === 'most-recent';
$args = array(
'orderby' => 'date',
'cat' => 239
);
break;
case $user_choice === 'most-viewed';
$args = array(
'meta_key' => 'lfb_post_views_count',
'orderby' => 'meta_value_num',
);
break;
case $user_choice === 'featured';
$args = array(
'orderby' => 'date',
'category_name' => 'featured'
);
break;
default:
echo 'No posts were found matching this query.';
}
$query = new WP_Query($args);
return $query;
}
?>
<div class="row">
<?php echo $user_choice;
main_post_arg_finder($user_choice);
if ( $header_query->have_posts() ) : while ( $header_query->have_posts() ) : $header_query->the_post() ?>
<?php $do_not_duplicate = $post->ID; ?>
<div class="col-md-12">
<a href="<?php the_permalink();?>"><h2><?php the_title();?></h2></a>
<?php the_post_thumbnail('thumbnail', array('class' => 'img-responsive')); ?>
<?php post_meta(); ?>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
<hr>
</div><!--col-md-12-->
<?php endwhile;
else :
echo '<p>No main post found</p>';
endif; ?>
</div><!--row-->
<div class="row">
<?php posts_arg_finder();
$i = 0;
if ( $query->have_posts() ) : while ( $query->have_posts() ) : $query->the_post();
if ( $post->ID == $do_not_duplicate ) continue;
if ($i != 0 && $i % 1 == 0) { // add new row after 1 post
echo '</div><!--row--><div class="row">';
}
$i++; ?>
<div class="col-md-12">
<a href="<?php the_permalink();?>"><h2><?php the_title();?></h2></a>
<?php post_meta(); ?>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
<hr>
</div><!--col-md-12-->
<?php endwhile;
else :
echo '<p>No posts found</p>';
endif; ?>
</div><!--row-->
